(A devotional variant of the body sensation)

First quieten yourself through the awareness of sensations in various parts of your body.... Sharpen your awareness by picking up even the subtlest   sensations, Not just the gross and evident   ones.... Keep your hands on knees. Now very gently move your hands and fingers so that your hands come to rest on your lap, palms facing upwards, fingers joined together.... The movement must be very, very slow.... like the opening of the petals of a flower.... And while the movement is going on BE AWARE OF each part of it.

Once your hands are resting on your lap, palms facing upwards, become aware of the sensations in palms.... Then become aware of the gesture itself, this is a gesture of prayer to God.... What meaning does this gesture have for you? What are you saying to God through it ? Say without words, merely identifying with the gesture... It may give you some taste of the kind of prayer you can make with your body....

When you pray with your body you give power and body to your prayer. People fail to attend to their body in prayer; they fail to take their bodies along with them into the holy temple of God. When they themselves visit temples or places of worship, they stand or sit in the presence of God, but they are carelessly slouched in their seat or standing in a very slovenly fashion.... They are still not gripped by the living presence of the Lord. Therefore, a devotee of the Lord should try to understand the meaning and purpose of ‘Body Prayer’. The ‘gestures’ suggested are merely samples. A ‘devotee’ may invent his own gestures to express his ‘Love’, ‘Praise’, ‘Adoration’, ‘Surrender’, ‘Gratitude’....

Close your eyes. Quieten yourself through one of your awareness exercises. FEEL you are in the presence of God in a very devout way, hands devoutly joined in front of you, slowly raise your face upwards towards God.... Let your eyes continue to be closed.... What are you saying to God through your upturned face? Stay with that sentiment or communication for a few moments.... Then become as fully aware as possible of the position of your face.... of the sensations on your face.... After a few moments ask yourself once again what you are expressing to God through your upturned face and stay with that for a while....